1981 Virginia

1–⁠10 (0–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Dick Bestwick.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1981, game by game: lost vs. West Virginia 18–32; lost at Rutgers 0–3; lost vs. Duke 24–29; lost at NC State 24–30; lost at No. 9 Clemson 0–27; lost at South Carolina 3–21; lost vs. Wake Forest 21–24; won vs. VMI 13–10; lost vs. No. 13 North Carolina 14–17; lost at Maryland 7–48; lost vs. Virginia Tech 3–20+7−41Lost 18–32 vs. West Virginia-14West VirginiaLost 0–3 at Rutgers-3RutgersLost 24–29 vs. Duke-5DukeLost 24–30 at NC State-6NC StateLost 0–27 at No. 9 Clemson-27No. 9 ClemsonLost 3–21 at South Carolina-18South CarolinaLost 21–24 vs. Wake Forest-3Wake ForestWon 13–10 vs. VMI+3VMILost 14–17 vs. No. 13 North Carolina-3No. 13 North CarolinaLost 7–48 at Maryland-41MarylandLost 3–20 vs. Virginia Tech-17Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 20–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1981.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
127–⁠261
Coach
Dick Bestwick
Elo
1330 −121 this season
SP+ rating
-9.6 No. 107 of 132; offense No. 113, defense No. 79
SRS
−4.8 No. 91 of 137 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Keith Lee and Todd Kirtley

Drafted in 1982

The 1982 draft
Rd 4Stuart Anderson LBKansas City Chiefs

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1981 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1981 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠012–⁠01
North Carolina5–⁠110–⁠29
Maryland4–⁠24–⁠6–⁠1
Duke3–⁠36–⁠5
NC State2–⁠44–⁠7
Wake Forest1–⁠54–⁠7
Virginia0–⁠61–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.